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Tobias Harris is such an interesting player, would have been fantastic on this blazers team
 
Sixers are up by 13 at half, but it totally looks like they're about to blow it like that playoff game against BOS last year when they were up by 20+.
 
handiman said:
I see you say that a lot, but have you considered that the players are much bigger (blocking more sight lines) the action much, much faster (leaving one frequently of out position as alignments shift), and the shooting range much deeper (limiting good places to view all angles from) than what you're accustomed to reffing? It's not the answer to every situation, but my rule of thumb is, black and white answers are usually wrong. Gotta acknowledge the gray areas.
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Have you ever refereed a basketball game?

No offense but I'm about 9000 hours into mastering that craft.

Yes, it's very easy to see the shooters entire body while refereeing an airborne shooter.

It's black and white.

Did the defense give the shooter an opportunity to land?

Affirmative = no foul.
Negative = foul.

Does the shooter extend his landing area (kick his legs out) while receiving illegal contact?

Affirmative = no foul.
Negative = foul.

It's not hard for the referee doing his job correctly.
 
bobf said:
Sure. But isn't it possible to have something in your field of view, but your mind is so focused on one thing that you kind of miss another? I've never reffed so I don't know. All I know is, since Harden and CP3 routinely artificially expand their landing area in attempt to draw fake fouls, I'm happy with yesterday's outcome. I would prefer that refs correctly called all undercuts and correctly called offensive fouls whenever there is contact accompanied by artificial kickouts & butt outs by the offensive player. That way they might quit doing this BS.
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Honestly, refereeing an airborne shooter is not difficult.

You have to NOT watch the ball when said shooter shoots.

Again the cardinal rule:

Stay with the shooter.

It's. Easy.
 
dviss1 said:
Have you ever refereed a basketball game?

No offense but I'm about 9000 hours into mastering that craft.

Yes, it's very easy to see the shooters entire body while refereeing an airborne shooter.

It's black and white.

Did the defense give the shooter an opportunity to land?

Affirmative = no foul.
Negative = foul.

Does the shooter extend his landing area (kick his legs out) while receiving illegal contact?

Affirmative = no foul.
Negative = foul.

It's not hard for the referee doing his job correctly.
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I'm aware you put a lot of time into the craft, but you ignored all the points I raised. If you dodge the question, I know the answer...
 
hoopsjock said:
The NBA is trolling the Rockets! That is some funny shit right there!

Rockets are 0-6 the last few years when Foster is a ref. That's what they get for whining so much.
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Read earlier that these assignments were actually made a while ago before all the drama from Sunday.
 
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yuyuza1 said:
Read earlier that these assignments were actually made a while ago before all the drama from Sunday.
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Maybe but they are not posted until after 9am on the day of the game.
Here is the site.
https://official.nba.com/referee-assignments/

Here is part of a story i found about how they are chosen.


The playoff refs are selected following season-long evaluations from the league’s referee operations staff, input from teams and play-calling accuracy.

The operations staff consists of McCutchen, senior vice president/head of referee operations Michelle D. Johnson, president of league operations Byron Spruell and referee development advisors Mark Wunderlich, Bernie Fryer, E.F. Rush, Bennett Salvatore and Joe Crawford.

“We have rating and ranking of officials based on our work we do with officials all year long,” McCutchen said.

Coaches and teams can offer input via a midseason evaluation and feedback following each game.

“That gives us an idea of how the stakeholders being impacted by our work believe who’s working well throughout the season,” McCutchen said.

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Nets coach Kenny Atkinson argues a call with Curtis Blair, one of seven referees who will make their NBA playoff debut. (Photo: John Glaser, USA TODAY Sports)

The NBA’s analytics staff provides accuracy data.

“We have a very rigorous vetting process,” McCutchen said. “Those three different groups give us a process which we then can see who consistently has done the work that warrants the best games of the year at the best time of the year.”

The league narrows its referees to 28 for the conference semifinals, 20 for the conference finals and 12 for the Finals using the same three-pronged evaluation process.

“It’s vital to understand that when you have good processes good things take place,” McCutchen said. “I’m just really confident we have the people who are able to handle the work.”

Here are the 36 officials:

Brent Barnaky, ninth season, third playoffs

Curtis Blair, 11th season, first playoffs

Tony Brothers, 25th season, 19th playoffs

Tony Brown, 17th season, ninth playoffs

Nick Buchert, ninth season, first playoffs

Mike Callahan, 29th season, 23rd playoffs

James Capers, 24th season, 18th playoffs

Derrick Collins, 18th season, 12th playoffs

Kevin Cutler, ninth season, second playoffs

Marc Davis, 21st season, 14th playoffs

Kane Fitzgerald, 10th season, fifth playoffs

Tyler Ford, fourth season, first playoffs

Brian Forte, 12th season, sixth playoffs

Scott Foster, 25th season, 20th playoffs

Pat Frahar, 18th season, 11th playoffs

John Goble, 12th season, 10th playoffs

David Guthrie, 14th season, ninth playoffs

Courtney Kirkland, 19th season, ninth playoffs

Karl Lane, eighth season, second playoffs

Eric Lewis, 15th season, 11th playoffs

Mark Lindsay, 12th season, fifth playoffs

Tre Maddox, eighth season, first playoffs

Ed Malloy, 17th season, 12th playoffs

Ken Mauer, 33rd season, 26th playoffs

Rodney Mott, 21st season, 12th playoffs

Gediminas Petraitis, fourth season, first playoffs

Jason Phillips, 19th season, 11th playoffs

Kevin Scott, eighth season, second playoffs

Michael Smith, 26th season, 15th playoffs

Ben Taylor, sixth season, first playoffs

Josh Tiven, ninth season, sixth playoffs

Scott Twardoski, eighth season, first playoffs

Scott Wall, 24th season, seventh playoffs

Tom Washington, 28th season, 22nd playoffs

Sean Wright, 14th season, 10th playoffs

Zach Zarba, 16th season, 11th playoffs

Alternates: Mitchell Ervin, J.T. Orr, Dedric Taylor, Leon Wood
 
handiman said:
I'm aware you put a lot of time into the craft, but you ignored all the points I raised. If you dodge the question, I know the answer...
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Every time you respond to one of my posts it's negative.

I did answer your question. It's easy to stay with the shooter.

They're paid handsomely to do that job.

You learn to stay with the shooter in year one of refereeing.

These referees aren't even doing simple referee tasks.

Bottom line: staying with the shooter is referee 101.

The fact that this has become a problem rests firmly on the officials.

Watching an airborne shooter land is regular shit.
 
Man, stop all this playoff games now and just give the Warriors the trophy.
 
I think, The Blazers, Bucks, Boston, and maybe Toronto all match up better with GS than Houston. Houston finished the season hot but they are not as good this year as last year and I dont think its that close.

GS will probably win it again this year because theyve got so much talent but I think its a mistake to gauge how good they are by this series.
 
handiman said:
I see you say that a lot, but have you considered that the players are much bigger (blocking more sight lines) the action much, much faster (leaving one frequently of out position as alignments shift), and the shooting range much deeper (limiting good places to view all angles from) than what you're accustomed to reffing? It's not the answer to every situation, but my rule of thumb is, black and white answers are usually wrong. Gotta acknowledge the gray areas.
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This was the silliness you asked that was hard for me to quantify.

I answered your question by telling you It's referee 101 to referee an airborne shooter. The above post is just arguing against my answer while not having ZERO information. You just use speculation.

Here's another thing referees do. We explain our call and why we called it. The coach either has to accept the answer or continue to whine.

Accept the answer.

And finally...

You've never refereed a game and you want to insult my basketball intelligence. You have no clue of the level I'm accustomed to refereeing.
 
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